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Kevin Hale

07/03/19

@ Y Combinator

83% of participants in Startup School were pre-launch, with 52% working full-time and 63% being single founders, which was surprising to us.

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Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale

@ Y Combinator

Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale

07/03/19

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Kevin Hale

07/03/19

@ Y Combinator

Last year, over 15,000 people registered for Startup School, with about 5,000 graduating, and 391 of those interviewed for the last YC batch, resulting in over 60 accepted companies.

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Kat Mañalac

05/24/19

@ Y Combinator

For female founders in YC, 33% of co-founding teams met at school, 20% at work, and just under 10% at events.

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Kevin Hale

07/03/19

@ Y Combinator

We realized that over 6,000 single founders were looking for co-founders, so we are creating a directory to help them connect and build relationships during Startup School.

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Kevin Hale

07/03/19

@ Y Combinator

We aim to create a new version of Startup School that better fits the diverse backgrounds of participants, focusing on helping them evaluate ideas like an investor would.

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Kat Mañalac

05/24/19

@ Y Combinator

94% of the top Y Combinator companies have co-founders, and they typically meet at school or work; an equal equity split is highly valued in these partnerships.

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Geoff Ralston

02/07/18

@ Y Combinator

The application for Startup Investor School opens on Thursday, and interested individuals should visit investor.startupschool.org to apply.

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Alexis Ohanian

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

Back in 2005, Y Combinator was eager for people to attend the first Startup School, which aimed to provide early-stage founders with insights from their peers.

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Jessica Livingston

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

23% of the startups that applied to Y Combinator for this batch had a female founder, and we accepted the same percentage of startups with female founders as we had applicants.

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Jessica Livingston

09/07/24

@ Y Combinator

The first Startup School was designed to be free and accessible, attracting serious builders and avoiding the pretentiousness of other startup events.